Some people are paying marginal rates at that level - the combination of the removal of child benefit around £50k & the removal of the tax free allowance > £100k leads to these kind of margina… (View Post)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_tax_revenue_to_GDP_ratio (Edit: Hah. Foxy & I jinxed.) (View Post)

Excerpt from that pdf: Box 1: Tax receipts and public sector current receipts Most government revenues come from taxes or social contributions. National insurance contributions are the UK’s social co… (View Post)

If the Ukrainians can get artillery permanently within range of the railway line that passes through Tokmak it’s over for the Russian occupation of anywhere west of there. That’s the only E<->W… (View Post)

I think the reality is that a future government is going to have to increase income taxes on the retired. Currently they only pay income tax - no NI, no employers NI. The working age population has b… (View Post)